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Upgradable PC maker Framework says it’s been forced to raise prices for its desktop model, which it blames on the ongoing memory shortage.
“We held off on it for as long as we could, but we had to update our Framework Desktop pricing today to account for the massive increase in LPDDR5x pricing from our suppliers,” the San Francisco company tweeted on Monday.
In some good news, the price increase for the base model is relatively minor. The Framework Desktop originally started at $1,099 for 32GB of RAM; the same configuration now costs $1,139.
The 64GB model will also only get a $40 price increase, bringing it $1,639. But the same can’t be said for the 128GB model; it’s going from $1,999 to $2,459. "We're only adjusting prices enough to cover the increases in cost,” Framework says, an indicator the price hike is purely coming from memory suppliers.
The company has also rolled out a $40 price increase for the 32GB and 64GB motherboard-only models of the Framework Desktop. But again, the 128GB model has ballooned by $460.
However, if you ordered the Framework Desktop products before Monday’s price hike, the company says it will "honor the original pricing for any existing pre-orders.”
In December, the company also raised prices for its modular DDR5 RAM for Framework laptops by 50%. But the pain is far from over. In a blog post, CEO Nirav Patel warned that Framework expects the memory shortage to worsen throughout 2026. “From what we learned in meetings throughout the week at CES with suppliers, distributors, and partners, it’s clear that this is going to be a challenging year and possibly even years for consumers,” he wrote.
An executive for Micron, one of the major memory suppliers, expects the shortage to persist into 2028. Analysts also say the memory crunch is poised to hit smaller vendors harder than established PC makers, which have the resources to build up a stockpile of components. “The severity of the shortage raises the risk that smaller brands may not survive,” warned IDC analyst Jitesh Ubrani.